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dinsdag 11 oktober 2011

copy of our latest newsletter

This week we send out newsletters to family and friends. Possibly there are people whose emailadress I do not have - but who do read this blog and would like to know how we are doing.
So here it is, the latest update of our plans!

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Dear family and friends,

Last week we send out an email to our family and friends in Dutch - and I realized it might be nice to keep our english (and other languages)speaking friends and family informed as well!
Informed of how we are doing, and of our plans for the near future.

We are doing very well. Life in HongKong remains busy and interesting. There's lots of work, going out with friends, and travelling. Mostly for Jaaps business in the past few months but we manage to put a fair bit of fun into that as well. Like last month, when he had 5 days worth of work in HoChiMinhCity in Vietnam - we went there a few days in advance so we could do some sightseeing together before the work started.

Our life might be changing a lot next year.
There's a sistercompany of HITT HongKong, in Vancouver, Canada.
They are in need of a new managing director and Jaap has been asked to do that- and we more or less accepted. But...We cannot just leave HongKong behind without a successor.
So the solution for the next six or so months is that Jaap will be going to Vancouver a couple of times to assist and join meetings. In the mean time we can look for a successor in HongKong and if and when such person is found and well prepared, and when all our paperwork for Canada is in place, we will leave for Vancouver.
Or, option two (but less likely) would be we find someone to manage Vancouver and we will remain in HongKong.
So for the next months there will be a lot of flying between Canada and HongKong for us. We're not sure about the frequency yet - possibly two or three weeks Canada every two months.

All this is very new news and still 'liquid'- as in: it changes about every week. So both of us are very curious about the future and what our next newsletter will tell.

We will be happy either way: life in Canada will be totally different from HongKong and will involve lots of clean air and nature, but we still love HongKong and would be completely OK with staying.

Over mij

Eind 2008:Omdat het leven er ZO anders uitgaat zien, nu ik mijn lief ga volgen die een baan in Hongkong heeft gekregen...
Okt 2011: Jaap is gevraagd voor een baan bij het zusterbedrijf in Vancouver. We gaan het traject inzetten maar blijven voorlopig gewoon in HongKong...
Wordt vervolgd...!
Juli 2012, het vervolg.
Na maanden van heen en weer vliegen tussen HongKong en Vancouver, BC, zijn we verhuisd naar Canada en staan we weer voor een nieuw begin!
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End of 2008: Because life is going to be very different, now that I'll follow the man of my life to HongKong where he accepted a new job.
Oct. 2011: more changes to come: Jaap is invited to come to the sistercompany in Vancouver. Whilst still in HongKong we're looking at all possibilities!
To be continued......
July 2012, the continuation.
After months of commuting between HongKong and Vancouver we finally moved to Canada and are at the beginning of new beginnings!
The " Jaap& Mickey" blog is in Dutch - but feel free to browse and enjoy part of our HongKong/Vancouver/international life in pictures.